Improvement in sawing-machine



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IMPRovnMENT 1N sAwIN-@Mecnma `The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, WILLIAM M. COCHRAN, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marionand State of Indiana, have invented certain Improvements in Hand sawing-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

`Nature and Objects of the Invention.

The first `part of my invention consists in the arrangement and combination of gearing, connectingrods, and levers, for giving reciprocating motion to the saw, combined with the arrangement of 4a vertical reciprocating andoscillating `guide for giving r'o-it a rocking motion.` i V .4 t

`'.Illegsecund.part `of my'invcnton consists inthe construction and arrangement of the bent axle and trucks, bn which one endof -the machine is mounted, andthe lever-tongue andfcaster-wheel at the other end, thestwo being constructed'in such a manner as to enable meto 'raisejthe machine when it is necessary to draw it forwa'rdfaud to (let it down so as to rest firmly on the ground when infpositiou to be operate t `.Dcscrtpt'o"n of `the Accompang/tagV Drawing.

Fignrel is a side elevation. of a sawing-machine embodying my invention. Y

Figure 2 isa plan view of the same. y y

Figure 3 is an enlarged.v detached Vview of the rocking-guide.: t

General Description. 4 A is the framework "of the machine, to which all the other partsare attached.

f B are braces to make the frame more substantial.

G is the saw-pitman, thei rear end `of which runs thrcugh'an oscillating guide, D, designed to give al rocking motion to the saw, which will he morefnlly described hereafter.` p y y `Motion is communicated to the saw by means of a crank, E, on the shaft o f spur-,wheel F, `said spur- ;wheelfgearing with asmaller spur-wheel, G, on the shaft oi?V which is a combined crank and fly-wheel .Hs

A. connectingrod,1, connects the crank-wheel H with a horizont-allever, J, said lever being pivoted to 'the'axne at a, and having a downward-projectng short arm, e.

A connecting-rod, K connects the lower end of short arm e with a level', L, the upper end of which is pivoted to the frame at r, and the loweriend to the connecting-bar N, which extends to andis ,attached to the forward end of the saw-pitmau C, as shown.

A weight, P, is attached to the rear proJecting end of lever J, to balance the long part forwardpf the fulcrum at u, in order to prevent any jerking motion of the lever.

A rod, s, connects the rear projecting. end of lever J, with -a vertical reciprocating and oscillating'guide, the latter consisting of a yoke, R, furnished with the stem t, to work in eyes v to guide it in its vertical motion, the oscillating guide 'w being pivoted 1n the yoke, asA shown.

A bent axle, 2, having suitable trucks, 3, is hung to the lower forward timber of the frame, and 'a lever or tongue, 4;, with a caster-wheel, 5, at the lower end, is hinged to the rear end ofthe frame, as shown.

A cord, 6, connects the lever 4 with a lever '1, attached to the bent axle 2'.

. When the lever or tongue 4 is turned np, as indl-` cated by the dotted lines 8, the frame A rests upon the ground, but when it is turned down to serve as a tongue, the trucks raise the machine o" theground, when it may be moved with great facility to another osition. I

V"lhe dotted lines a: indicate the position of the sawpitman when sawing logs of considerable-size.

Ulatms.

I claim as my invention- 1. The construction and arrangement of the gearing F G, combined crank and ily-wheel H, connect? ing-,rod I, lever J e, with its counterpoise P, connecting-rod K, lever L,`connectingrod N, saw-pitman O, and oscillating guide R t W, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The bent axle 2, with its lever 7, hinged lever tongue 4, with its caster-wheel 5, andcord 6, arranged and operating substantially as set fo rth. y

Witnesses:

J 01m PoLLITT, v0. F. MAYHEW. 

